Darjeeling tourism festival draws to a close

Darjeeling,7 Nov 2014: The Darjeeling Cultural and Tourism Festival came to a close on Friday with fanfare after enthralling the tourists and the locals for a month.

Cultural events by local artists were performed in the last day with the “Carnival” group exciting the audience with their songs.

Tourists flocked to Chowrastha- the venue for the festival – to get a last chance to see the different culture and traditions of the Hills which was displayed by the participants.

The festival started on October in Darjeeling and was also organized in Kurseong and Kalimpong sub-divisions and in Mirik, in the foothills over the month.

The organizers gave a grand farewell to the month long festival by a fire work display in the evening much to the delight and awe of the crowd. The organizers also thanked the people for their support in making the event a success while assuring make the programme more glitzy next year. (EOIC)

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